diff --git a/package/make/Config.in b/package/make/Config.in
index f576b7b5a3..e8aa912ff6 100644
--- a/package/make/Config.in
+++ b/package/make/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MAKE
 	bool "make"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	help
 	  A tool which controls the generation of executables and other
 	  non-source files of a program from the program's source files.
diff --git a/package/make/make.mk b/package/make/make.mk
index 41a7023a25..5717628fa3 100644
--- a/package/make/make.mk
+++ b/package/make/make.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 MAKE_VERSION = 4.2.1
 MAKE_SOURCE = make-$(MAKE_VERSION).tar.bz2
 MAKE_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/make
-MAKE_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)
+MAKE_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 MAKE_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 MAKE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING